With a playoff game on the line, Pearland rose to the challenge on Friday. They never let the Summer Creek Bulldogs onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Pearland wouldn't have won without Emma Merritt, who scored the game-winner.
Pearland pushed their record up to 18-3-3 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those seven matches. As for Summer Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 15-7-3.
Pearland didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-2 win vs. Atascocita on the 2nd. Summer Creek does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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